putt

putt
putt 1743, in Scottish, special use of PUT (Cf. put) (q.v.) in sense of "putting, pushing, shoving, thrusting" (c.1300); associated with the putting in shot putting. Putter "golf club used in putting" also is first attested 1743.

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